Lumia 1525 said to be coming to T-Mobile, possibly to fill high-end void

File this one under rumor, with little else to go on, but @evleaks is reporting that T-Mobile is getting the Lumia 1525.

What is the Lumia 1525? That's a good question but no details were given in the diminutive tweet. It should seem obvious at this point that a 1525 would be a variant of the 6-inch 1080P Lumia 1520 that has been on the market for months now.

Seeing as the Lumia 1520 is exclusive to AT&T in the US, T-Mobile may be exercising their prerogative of getting their own exclusive version to differentiate themselves. Everything from a slightly redesigned body to more (or less) features are on the table, though if the rumor holds accurate, a six inch phablet Windows Phone should be gracing the budget friendly T-Mobile service.

Unfortunately, no time frame was given either for this Lumia 1525.

T-Mobile is no stranger to Nokia, often taking their own exclusive devices in the past e.g. the Lumia 810 and Lumia 521. T-Mobile has also taken off-the-shelf versions of the Lumias, including the Lumia 710 and Lumia 925.

Speaking of the Lumia 925, T-Mobile has recently halted new sales of that device, only offering refurbished ones instead. They have also announced the Lumia 635 as a new budget friendly Lumia, but that leaves a high-end Windows Phone missing from their lineup. Could the Lumia 1525 fill that void? We have not heard of a Lumia 1525 in the works from our sources, but anything is possible in these fast times. We'll just have to wait and see.

Cool but what if this is a version with McLaren type features but with a 5.5 inch screen instead. My guess it wouldn't be released until around October with the release of 8.1 update 1 on windows phone

Lol it's funny that people are complaining already that it isn't the 930. How about being happy that that Windows phone desert carrier is getting a new WP period. Should've throwing a party really. I have the 1520 now did I want a huge phone no but you get what's best on your carrier at the time of your upgrade.

This will likely get me to switch from AT&T this year, especially if it has Qi charging and WiFi calling. Either this or I'll be buying the RM-938 Lumia 1520. But on a side note: Microsoft/Nokia needs to bring back CYAN Lumias!!

Wow, this is awesome news if true! I personally don't have interest in getting a phablet, but my friend has talked about wanting a 1520 or 1320; this 1525 would be perfect! I hope it comes with 32GB of storage (though doubtful on T-Mo) and the normal Qi like the global version has. Very nice.

They have partnerships with HSN selling them cheaper. T-mobile selling the 635 for $7 a month 168 after paid off. HSN selling for $120. Microsoft store selling for $129. It will be $99 at metro pcs though.

I JUST bought an unlocked Lumia 1520, because Tmobile doesn't carry anything new on the high-end (still waiting for the nano sim card from TMobile to arrive in the mail). If I knew about this, I would have held off. This is my 3rd day with the device. Quite impressive.

You must be one of those people who need the fastest chip, the most pixles and ram. Moto x is a pleasure to use. This abomination 1525 is bulky ugly awkward heavy and the software needs to catch up in a big way. But your right it has a faster processor. You win

JUMP isn't that great since you have to pay off 50%. Better to pay full price and just sell the phone to make up the difference usually.

It is better if you have the old jump with no minimum requirements other than 2 per year and wait 6 months for the first trade in. It's usually more for people who use android since there are more devices available, apple is once per year, and who knows how often windows phones will be added.

I have the AT&T version (RM-940 unlocked obviously) and it works perfectly on T-Mobile getting near 30mps download speeds on LTE and 6mps on 4G(HSPA+21). No 3G, just Edge, when I have no good signal, but that's a rarity where I live.

Just picked up a refurb 925 from T-Mobile for $150 though, since the 1520 really is a bit to big to haul around. Consider $150 pretty damn good deal for a 925.

Nice, I picked up an unlocked 1520 RM-938...best phone I ever used. 8.1 makes this so clean, Cortana is accurate and great network speeds. Thankfully this rumor is likely true; my nephew will get this.

I've yet to give up my 920, because of the 32 GB internal storage and qi charging. If T-Mobile gets the 1525, I'd love if they had a 32 GB model at launch!
Just slap a T-Mobile logo on a 1520.3 and call it a day.
I'd rather have a 930 variant, but this should suffice. If push comes to above, I'll just get one from Newegg or Negri.

Sadly at&t has everyone by the balls. Nokia still gets money from this, but it still alienates other consumers. That's why they release a different look and name (#) of the device in order to put out on other carriers. But at&t lags everyone else. This is why I left at&t. People need to know this so they can stop this bullshjt.

Its not ridiculous....some people dont have the money to drop 600 plus on an off contract phone... Not to mention... Its not covered by the jump program if you loose it or damage it...good luck replacing it.. Besides the fact that Tmo cant officially support a phone that's not theirs so it makes total sense for tmo to get this...

It does not. I bought the 1520.3 from Negri, screen started to performing actions on its own. No luck with Nokia US, luckily I purchased a 2 yr Mack Warranty. The digitizer was replaced and my phone hasn't a problem since.

I was hoping for an end to carrier exclusive variants. Maybe this will be the last of them and then McLaren will be the first step in the right direction. I think I'll wait for McLaren to upgrade my 925 to instead of this 1525.

Been waiting too long. 925 wasn't even that good. 16gb sucks. T-mobile needs a high end phone like the 930 for once. Currenlty using the 1020 on tmobile but it's always anoying getting things to work like mms not to mention wifi calling. MSFT\Nokia never should have given exclusive rights to verizon. That's a suicide mission for the device.

I'm currently using the iPhone 5S on T-Mobile with JUMP but decided to get this 1520 as I missed Windows Phone after upgrading my 925 to the 5S. I would have gone with another Windows Phone, but no new high end ones were available. This 1525 is a little tempting as I want to go back to one device, but I'll just wait for McClaren which supposedly comes out in November with 41MP and 3D touch!

I can agree with that statement Rogers was supposed to get the att spec dvp but dropped it because of their idea to start supporting lte even though most areas had yet to support that & had crappy hspa coverage(& still does if you have the wrong phone)

What about those who travel back and forth between Canada and the U.S. and want to use a prepaid SIM when visiting the other country? Millions dp this every day between Canada and the U.S. We have the largest trading and travel relationship, along the longest undefended border, in the world! I want a dual-SIM Lumia with at least HSPA on North American frequencies for this.

And to actually contribute to the discussion, after holding the 1520 I agree. I preferred the size of the smaller devices like the HTC 8X and the Lumia Icon, but the thin profile of the 1520 makes it not seem overly large but comfortable.

My perfect device would be a slightly thinner Icon/930 and a slightly larger screen made possible by a thinner bezel. Updated innards of course.

All these people crying phones are too big. Some of us been waiting 7 years for phones big enough to actually use. This 1520 was the first I could really text on ever. I hope the pendulum never swings back.